New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-24
The Loses bY the Droutll !.

R. G. Dun & Co. s Weekly Trade Review
has the following: Short crops in 1881
proved the turning point OF business for
seven years. and the drouth this year,
though resulting in less injury to crops,
comes at a time when real estate values at
the West have been unusually inflated.
The agricultural bureau reports losses
which cannot be repaired to a aconsiderable
part OF the crops. The work OF destruc-
tion continued ten days after bureau re.
ports were made before rain came. and the
aggregate loss of farmers must exceed
$3OO,OOO,OOO. A difference is inevitable
in the purchase OF manufactured and i'm
ported goods by the Northwest. Interior
reports are uniformly good as to the
volume OF business, though at Galveston
a good many orders have been counter
manded. Collections are dull at Kansas
City and slow at Omaha, and money is
more stringent at Philadelphia, with con-
tinuing closeness at Kansas City and
Cleveland. The business failure through
out the country during the last seven days
number for the United States l5l, and for
Canada 20.
James O'Haire of Watertown, Oak,
was drowned. He was from Cato, Wis.
The Catholic church at ST. Paul, eight
cen miles west of Madison, Iowa. was to-
tally destroyed by cyclone which swept
over this section. Much other damage
was done.
John NJ. Francis, OF the Troy Times. has
gone to Europe to drink OF the Carlsbad
waters to cure his rheumatic gout.
The only railway accidentin the annals Of
the country which affnrds anything like a
parallel to the shocking disaster at Chats
worth, Ill. was the Ashtabula, Ohio hor-
ror OF the night OF December 20, 1876,
where 100 persons were killed.
In a field Of sixteen horses at New York,
Kingfsh easily wins the biggest stalks ever
run for in America.
Teelner wins the championship OF
America by defeating Hanlan.
Mrs. Belle Horrall, OF Petersburg, Ind,
deserted her husband and kidnapped her
children.
The law under which Huntington and
his partners could be indicted by the
grand jury OF the District OF Columbia is
based on an act OF congress, passed Feb.
26, 1868, relating to bribery OF members
OF congress and other public officials.
Three years imprisonment and a fine not
exceeding three times the amount OF the
bribe are the limit OF punishment for each
offense.
Mr.. Whitney, who has long filled the posi-
tion Of chief draughtsman in the bureau OF
steam engineering, navy department, has
been dismissed. His successor has not been
announced.
Bishop William; S. Murray OF Iowa, who
was recently chosen by the Nova SEQ
tia synod as bishop OF Nova Scotia, was
| selected as a compromise candidate, the
high and low church parties having come
to deadlock over their respective candi-
dates.
| An OTTAWA special says the controller of
mounted police has received notice of the
capture of two hal. breeds in Montana for
the murder of Settler McLeish at Wellesley,
Tor their exit addition will be made at once.
The Gazette d Italia states that King
Humbert. through his chaplain. is sonnd-
ing the people to ascertain whether he will
accept a jubilee present from the king II
the pope consents the kings brother,
Prince Tommaso, and others will also
send him gifts. The queen of Portugal
| and Princess Clotildo send beautiful pres-
ents. x
Aaron A. Sargent, ex- United State SEN
ntor for California. died at San Francisco.
Gal. He has been ailing for some
! fine, but confined to his house for
only Two Weeks. = ne dlsease vas en-
iargement of the spleen, resulting IN blood
poisoning. After his last return he
engaged in law practice, establishing the
firm OF Sargent & Stone.
John Sullivan and Patrick Kennedy
were drowned off Thompson's island, in
the harbor of Boston Aug. II, by the mp
setting Of their boat. Isl
Paul Ostrowski, seventeen years old, liv-
inp q 4 01 (Sreenf, f,iIsh treet MiIwxaIlk1e az
shot and killed Aug. 4 4. by August Hernke.
q laborer.